Work & commute · Owego

Work & commute in Owego, IL

Most working residents leave Owego for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Fairbury (16%), Bloomington (9%) and Pontiac (7%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 151 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 151 Owego residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Owego.

151live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

11work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Owego goes to work

Fairbury9.3 mi away

16%24

Bloomington36.6 mi away

9%14

Pontiac6.4 mi away

7%10

Normal35.1 mi away

4%6

Dwight15.9 mi away

3%5

Chicago79 mi away

3%5

Coal City30.3 mi away

3%4

Peoria58.1 mi away

3%4

Forrest10.7 mi away

2%3

Springfield95.8 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%73

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Owego commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

27%

14%

30%

29%

27%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Owego is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.07 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Owego are

11 jobs are based in Owego. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Owego’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Owego

11 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities82%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Owego residents hold

151 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−52%

Jobs based in Owego, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 11. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.